The Killer Is Loose

Thank you very much, Mrs. Andrews.

I'm really terribly sorry about this, Mr. Poole.

Those notices are just a matter of routine.

The payment just slipped my mind.

I can't imagine how it happened.

Don't let it worry you.

It can happen to any of us.

Thank you, Mr. Poole. Thanks a lot.

You're welcome.

Ah, another new home owner. Holly Road.

City's spreading out, isn't it?

It sure is, Corporal.

Tell me...

You still love your old Sergeant?

Sergeant Flanders.

I didn't recognize you.

That's what 10 or 11 years does for you.

But I knew you the minute I saw you.

You know what I almost called you?

Foggy?

Corporal Foggy, the jungle killer.

I guess I started it, didn't I? Then everybody picked it up.

Even the island boys, they'd say,

"Corporal Foggy, he get lost again,

"he forget his rifle." Remember that?

Yes, I remember.

Well, it was nice seeing you again, Sergeant.

Now, cut the sergeant stuff. The name is Otto.

Mr. Poole.

That isn't anybody from the bank truck, is it?

It's time for them all right, but I've never seen that man before.

He just came on back,

he handed Mr. Wilson a note and he just came on back.

Freeman! Get away from that alarm. Hold it, you.

Don't anybody move. You're covered from the door.

Go on, fill it up.

Close the bag.

Hey!

You know something, Foggy. I'm going to stop kidding you.

I take it all back.

And then?

And then that crazy teller comes charging in and gets conked over the head.

Well, that's about all there was to it.

I'll say this about Poole, he tried and it took a lot of guts.

Officer, if you'd known him...

You told me.

Otto Flanders? Yeah.

Holly Road? That's right.

It's the worst possible time, it's our biggest collection day.

Receipts twice what they are the rest of the week.

These guys knew what they were doing.

That's about it.

All right, gentlemen, that'll be all.

We may want you to look at some pictures

if you will, maybe some people, too.

Chris. Thanks.

Ms. Shaw.

Ms. Shaw.

Reach your wife all right? Yes, thank you.

Afraid she might have heard about it

on the radio or something, she worries a lot.

Sit down. Thank you.

You suppose wives enjoy that, Mr. Poole? Hmm?

The worrying I mean. I'm just breaking into this marriage business.

All I can say is I've been married for five years

and my wife still worries about me.

That's very discouraging.

I don't know, I kind of like it.

Mr. Freeman, just one more thing.

You were coming through the back door from the garage.

Spotted something was wrong,

you tried to ring the burglar alarm and this fellow says,

"Freeman, get away from that alarm."

That's right, I thought about that later.

How did he know my name was Freeman?

Here's a better one. How'd he know where the alarm was?

Mr. Poole, they also stopped you from pressing the alarm button.

Yes, that's right, he did.

Sergeant, it was probably my fault,

I called Mr. Poole's attention to the man.

But at that time I wasn't exactly sure what was going on.

Well, I'm sure you were sure, Mr. Wilson.

I admit I was scared. Well, what could I do?

A couple of men with guns?

Well, it all happened so fast.

Well, it usually does.

Let's go, Chris.

I'm sure you have the names and addresses, Denny.

Thank you very much, everybody.

That'll be all folks. Thank you, Mr. Freeman.

Coffee break, boys.

How about this? Three sets. You're sure well covered.

Thorough, that's all.

We play no favorites.

Number one got a call from the insurance salesman.

Number three a wrong number.

We've got it all on tape, it's fascinating stuff.

Incoming or is it going out?

Hello?

How's the building and loan business, Clyde?

Sound like something?

What are you doing?

I told you not to touch your phone until we were sure.

They don't know a thing, how can they?

I'm alone and had a chance to call.

Hey, Denny don't! What was that?

What was what? That click.

This line is tapped.

It's probably the connection. You must be wrong.

Hang up' you stupid.

Play it back.

Hello.

How's the building and loan business, Clyde?

Couldn't have worked smoother' could it?

Wagner. Well, it worked.

No, it's that apartment over on 20th Street.

You've got the address.

Right, we're going over there now to pick him up.

What was that? What was what?

That click. This line is tapped.

Well, we had a little bad luck here. Nothing you can't fix.

Just get a car there in case he tries to break. Right.

Turn it off.

What a crazy guy.

He's not crazy, you heard what the man said, he's just stupid.

Come on, you can eat it on the way.

He was walking out the minute we pulled around the corner,

bag packed and everything. He took one look, ducked back inside.

That's his apartment up there

in the corner to the right of the hall.

With the lights out? How do you know he's in it?

If he isn't, he's somewhere in the building.

Rex has been covering the back and Greg's inside.

Hi, Greg. You said something about being alone,

you know anything about his wife?

According to the manager...

She went out a couple of hours ago.

I was going to say...

We don't know what the trouble is around here,

but they're two of the nicest tenants we've ever had.

I was going to say... Excuse me.

We may need a pass key, will you get us one, please?

Go and get it. Bring it up, Denny.

Come on, open up.

This is the police.

Did he strike you as a guy who'd try to knock himself off?

All right. We know you're there.

It won't do you any good. You're not going to take me.

Worked himself up into quite a stew, hasn't he?

Scared amateur, bolted inside.

This is Sam Wagner from this afternoon,

you don't want us to break the door down do you?

Get away from there. I mean what I say.

Okay, Denny.

You said he wasn't crazy. He's a psycho.

Doris.

Doris.

Doris?

Doris?

Everything's going to be all right, honey.

Don't be scared, honey. I'll take care of you.

They said she wasn't here.

She didn't know about it.

The hold up.

Not till tonight.

Not till she came home when I was packing.

She wanted to go with me. Poole, I...

Even after I told her she still wanted to go with me.

That's how she is.

That's how she has always been.

That's why I can't understand why you'd do such a thing.

It was an accident.

We didn't know she was here. We couldn't see.

You couldn't know what she's like.

You made us use guns, Poole. You did that!

There was no need for any of...

She was...

Not just kind and smart, she was...

I wasn't even alive before her.

Don't you see how wrong it was to do that?

To kill her.

Nor, Leon Poole, are we unmindful

that you have suffered punishment

of a sort difficult to calculate.

Yet the fact remains, you have been found guilty of robbery,

resisting arrest and attempted murder.

It is, therefore, the judgment of this court that you, Leon Poole,

be sentenced to the state penitentiary for a period of 10 years.

On each count.

Sentences to run concurrently.

This court now stands adjourned.

Of course, there's the matter of good behavior.

That'll make a difference.

Sam, the DA wants me to thank you. Good job. Yeah.

You two want to join us for lunch?

Why, we'd love to. Why, sure.

Sam, Mary and Chris...

Could have been worse, Poole.

It was worse, remember?

I remember.